St Helens Central train station
You can reach 25 stations directly from St Helens Central on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Liverpool Lime Street, with 110 trains a day.
See St Helens Central on the map
Address: Shaw Street, St Helens, WA10 1DQ
St Helens Central is the nearest station for postcodes in WA10, WA11. Check your own postcode.
- 25 direct destinations
- 746th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 129 parking spaces
- 16 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from St Helens Central
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Lime Street | 110 | 110 | 24 |
| Wigan North Western | 110 | 110 | 24 |
| Huyton | 102 | 102 | 16 |
| Garswood | 72 | 72 | 16 |
| Prescot | 71 | 71 | 16 |
| Broad Green | 70 | 71 | 16 |
| Bryn | 70 | 70 | 16 |
| Eccleston Park | 70 | 70 | 16 |
| Roby | 70 | 71 | 16 |
| Thatto Heath | 70 | 70 | 16 |
| Wavertree Technology Park | 69 | 70 | 16 |
| Edge Hill | 68 | 69 | 0 |
| Preston | 44 | 44 | 24 |
| Leyland | 36 | 36 | 16 |
| Blackpool North | 35 | 35 | 16 |
| Euxton Balshaw Lane | 35 | 36 | 16 |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 35 | 35 | 16 |
| Lancaster | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Oxenholme Lake District | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Carlisle | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Glasgow Central | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Lockerbie | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Penrith (North Lakes) | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Motherwell | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Kirkham and Wesham | 3 | 3 | 16 |
Lines serving St Helens Central
St Helens Central is on the Liverpool to Wigan Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
How busy St Helens Central station is
669,452 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 746th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between St Helens Central and Liverpool Lime Street than any other pair: 324,550 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- Thatto Heath 1.6 miles
- St Helens Junction 1.8 miles
- Lea Green 1.8 miles
- Eccleston Park 2.6 miles
- Rainhill 2.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of St Helens Central, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- St Helens Central (GCR) · 0.3 miles
- Gerards Bridge · 0.7 miles
- Peasley Cross · 0.7 miles
- Sutton Oak · 1.2 miles
- Carr Mill · 1.4 miles
- Robins Lane Halt · 1.5 miles
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Facilities at St Helens Central station
St Helens Central is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 23:00 · Sunday: 08:00 to 22:00
Toilets · Waiting room
Parking at St Helens Central station
- Station Car Park - FREE FOR RAIL USERS - MUST DISPLAY A PARKING PERMIT WHICH IS AVAILABLE FROM THE BOOKING OFFICE ON PURCHASE / PRODUCTION OF VALID RAIL TICKET 129 spaces, 7 accessible
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 September 2026.
Getting to St Helens Central station
St Helens Central station is in St. Helens, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M62 J7 (Rainhill Stoops Interchange), 3.2 miles south.
16 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being St Helens Central Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
St Helens Central station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from